Campaign for a Prosperous, Healthy, Vibrant St. Louis Region.

The St. Louis region is coming together to improve public health, grow the economy, and create a more sustainable future. Businesses, local governments, institutions, organizations, and individuals from across the region are collaborating to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, expand access to healthy food, increase biodiversity, advance transit-oriented development, reduce waste, and improve water quality & green infrastructure. Learn more about this exciting regional collaboration, see who has supported us so far, and show your support today.

OneSTL is a multifaceted effort to encourage and support greater sustainability within the 8-county St. Louis region. A plan was completed in 2013 through a collaboration of eleven partners and with the participation and engagement of 50 other organizations. Thousands of people contributed input to the full plan which can be found here.

In April of 2017, OneSTL partners held a regional sustainability summit at the Eric P. Newman Educational Center at Washington University in St. Louis. An outcome of the summit was the recommendation of six sustainability targets to be used to guide future efforts of the many organizations collaborating on OneSTL Plan implementation and generally working on sustainability.

Our Desired Outcome

Residents in all of the cities and counties in the St. Louis region collectively impact and are impacted by each other’s actions. Solutions to many of our issues will require action and collaboration from all sectors and all communities in our region. We are asking for your support and commitments to action to assist with reaching these sustainability targets.

By showing your support or expressing a commitment to help, you are contributing to the momentum of regional change. Your simple show of support helps us tell the story that working together to have an impact is a regional priority. But your commitment to action will help us get there sooner.

Supporting a Target

Click on the support option to acknowledge that you think this is a worthwhile effort. We will ask you for some information, but we will not contact you without further express permission.

Making a Commitment

Click on the Commit option to acknowledge that you are willing to take action to help the region achieve the Targets. If you select this option, we will contact you with more information on how to make an impact on the Targets you select.

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Access to Healthy Food

By 2027, reduce by half the number of healthy food priority areas (from a 2018 baseline). A healthy food priority area is defined as low-income census tracts where the residents lack vehicle access, are a certain distance from a healthy food outlet, and the average availability of healthy food in all food stores is low.

Residents in low-income neighborhoods face barriers to accessing healthy food options. They may travel further to reach healthy food outlets or may not have the economic means to afford healthy food options. Grocery stores are only one source of healthy food. Organizations working on this Target are striving to expand on other sources of fresh food including farmers markets, community-supported agriculture, neighborhood gardens, and mobile markets.

Support This Target: I support efforts within the St. Louis region to improve Access to Healthy Food.

Make a Commitment: I would like to make a personal or organizational commitment to contribute to improving Access to Healthy Food.

Increasing Biodiversity

By 2025, 100% of counties in the combined statistical area of St. Louis are using the Regional Biodiversity Atlas to actively guide their planning, policies and practices in ways that increase habitat connectivity, ecological functionality, and quality of life for all.

Ecosystems are directly responsible for the basics of daily life—air, water, soil, and food. Ecosystem change today is being driven by metropolitan regions, often characterized by intense land use and high degrees of fragmentation. Opportunities exist to protect and connect remnants of biodiversity and to reimagine built areas to integrate living, natural systems into community design using quality data to support measurable interventions.

Support This Target: I support efforts within the St. Louis region to Increase Biodiversity.

Make a Commitment: I would like to make a personal or organizational commitment to contribute to Increasing Biodiversity.

Protecting Waterways

100% of land in the St. Louis Region has active organizations and quality watershed plans in progress by 2025/plans completed by 2030.

A region with protected and enhanced natural systems will improve the performance of its water supply, flood management, and wastewater infrastructure. A healthy and well-functioning natural environment is also critical to a strong economy and citizen quality of life.

Support This Target: I support efforts within the St. Louis region to Protect Waterways.

Make a Commitment: I would like to make a personal or organizational commitment to contribute to Protecting Waterways.

Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are compounds that prevent heat from escaping the earth’s atmosphere and are recognized as a contributor to global climate change. Working to bring levels down can have other benefits such as cleaner air and water, cost savings through more efficient transportation and buildings, job creation through entrepreneurship and technological innovation, and other economic development opportunities.

Support This Target: I support efforts within the St. Louis region to Counteract Climate Change.

Make a Commitment: I would like to make a personal or organizational commitment to contribute to Counteracting Climate Change.

Wasting Less

Reduce tonnage of waste going to landfills within our wasteshed by 30% by 2030 over a 2015 baseline.

Waste reduction and diversion is a sustainable practice that ensures materials are used efficiently while reducing the amount of space and money that society must devote to landfills. Reducing waste includes all methods of diversion, including reducing, recycling, reusing, or composting.

Support This Target: I support efforts within the St. Louis region to Waste Less.

Make a Commitment: I would like to make a personal or organizational commitment to contribute to Wasting Less.

Transit Oriented Development

By 2023, increase the number of destinations such as jobs, residences, and other resources or amenities within a 1/4 mile or five-minute safe and accessible walk by 30 percent at 20 stations from a 2018 baseline.

The transit system works most efficiently when potential riders and destinations are located close to transit stations. Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is development within a ¼ mile or a 5-minute walk from a MetroLink or MetroBus Transfer station that supports transit ridership through design and orientation that focuses on transit, makes transit accessible by a diversity of mode choices, and supports a mix of uses for the rider.

Support This Target: I support efforts within the St. Louis region to improve Usable Transportation.

Make a Commitment: I would like to make a personal or organizational commitment to contribute to improving Usable Transportation.

Options to Commit

What does a Commitment mean?

By making a commitment, you are telling us that you are going to do something. The specific actions you or your business takes is up to you. Some examples are listed below. We will follow up with you to find out what you are doing, to offer more suggestions, and to assist where we can.

Sample Commitment Actions:

Set a target for your institution, business, or organization that contributes to a regional Target such as implementing a recycling program in your office or setting a corporate greenhouse gas reduction goal.

Set personal goals for your home or lifestyle to do things that contribute to a regional Target such as backyard composting or reducing your carbon footprint.

Attend the OneSTL Sustainability Lab and other events.

Volunteer or appoint a representative to participate on an OneSTL Working Group or Support Team.